Hosting Ireland one of the fastest growing domain registrars in Ireland announced today that it has received ICANN Accreditation, a major stepping stone in the company’s development.
The week that ICANN, The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, is holding it’s public meeting in Dublin, known as ICANN54, Hosting Ireland signed the ICANN Registrar Accreditation Agreement.

‘ICANN Accreditation is a significant milestone for Hosting Ireland and tells the online community that we are serious about the internet and assures clients that we maintain best practise and quality standards when it comes to domain name registration… Says Jonathan Bate – Managing Director Hosting Ireland… It’s a highlight that we’ve been able to achieve our accreditation for the week of ICANN54, the week has been a great success for Dublin and has proved to be an ideal platform to continue to build the momentum behind Hosting Ireland’s success….’ Will Harrison – Technical Director Hosting Ireland commented…’It’s taken many months of hard work to ensure we could meet the strict ICANN accreditation criteria, and we feel this will be of real benefit to ourselves and ultimately our customers…’

Hosting Ireland is also an accredited registrar for the IEDR (.IE), EURid (.EU) and Nominet (.CO.UK and .UK) registries. Over the last five years Hosting Ireland’s domain name registration business has grown rapidly and ICANN accreditation will ensure Hosting Ireland is now able to continue that growth by developing direct relationships with many of the new registries that have launched over the last twelve months.

About Hosting IrelandHosting Ireland is a leading domain name registration company and is an accredited registrar for .ie, .eu and .co.uk domains. In addition, Hosting Ireland provides cloud hosting services and solutions to small medium enterprise, public sector and corporates across Ireland, the UK and mainland Europe. Hosting Ireland specialises in cloud website hosting, virtual and dedicated server solutions. For more information visit: www.hostingireland.ie

About ICANN
ICANN’s mission is to coordinate and ensure a stable, secure and unified global Internet identifier system. To reach another person on the Internet you have to type an identifier into your computer – a name or a number. That identifier has to be unique so computers know where to find each other. ICANN helps coordinate these unique identifiers across the world. ICANN was formed in 1998. It is a not-for-profit public-benefit corporation that supports and coordinates participants from all over the world dedicated to keeping the Internet secure, stable and interoperable. ICANN promotes competition and develops policy on some of the Internet’s unique identifiers. ICANN doesn’t control content on the Internet. It cannot stop spam and it doesn’t deal with access to the Internet. But through its coordination role of the top level of the Internet’s identifier systems, it does have an important impact on the expansion and evolution of the Internet. For more information please visit: www.icann.org

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July 8, 2011 by FindMyHost News · Comments Off on 2011 Workshop on DNS Health & Security to be Held in Rome, Italy

Hosting Services – Rome, Italy – GCSEC, in cooperation with ICANN and DNS-OARC, announces the 2011 Workshop on DNS Health and Security (DNS-EASY 2011) will be held in Rome, Italy, 18-19 October 2011.

The DNS-EASY workshop will gather researchers and professionals from academia, industry and governmental agencies. Representatives from major DNS ecosystem stakeholder groups – technical development, network operators, enterprise users, and security experts – will participate as well, to discuss the health and security of the Domain Name System and how the current state of the DNS affects modern society. Read more

Webmaster Toolbox – LAS VEGAS, NV – Alentus Corporation (PINKSHEETS: ALNS), an internet solution provider of web hosting, domain registration, dedicated servers, SaaS and E-Commerce today announced it has engaged the law firm of Vincent & Rees to prepare and file an S-1 registration statement and to up-list the Company to the OTCBB.

“Alentus’ move to the OTCBB puts the Company on target to add and maximize shareholder value. Such a step forward would be significant in that it adds credibility in the marketplace to the Company’s ability to reach its stated goals and enable investment by a broader base of potential investors. It also exposes our company to clients of firms that do not presently allow their representatives to recommend our common stock. Finally, a listing on the OTCBB will provide a greater opportunity for institutions to become involved in ALNS,” said William King, CEO. “In addition, our previously announced audit work is nearly complete and we should be announcing the latest quarter financials shortly after that.” Read more

Webmaster Toolbox – Los Angeles, CA – Popular domain name registrar Namecheap has announced Tuesday that it has reached 2 million domains under its management.

“Reaching 2 million domains is an incredible milestone for us,” Richard Kirkendall, CEO of Namecheap said. “We’re a service-oriented business that prides itself on providing the best deals with a support team that strives to make each and every customer happy. This goal reinforces our position in the marketplace as a customer-centric domain name powerhouse.” Read more

June 20, 2011 by FindMyHost News · Comments Off on Afilias and HiChina Form Partnership to Identify and Support Chinese Brands for ICANN New TLD Program

Webmaster Toolbox – SINGAPORE – Afilias Limited, a global provider of Internet domain name registry and Managed DNS services, today announced that it has entered into a formal agreement with Chinese Internet services leader HiChina, a subsidiary of Alibaba.com, to help Chinese brands take advantage of ICANN’s forthcoming New TLD Program.

The agreement recognizes HiChina’s leadership and customer service excellence, and names HiChina as Afilias’ preferred new TLD partner in China. Chinese brands who intend to establish a dot.BRAND presence online will benefit from the combined resources of Afilias, a global leader in new TLD registry services, and HiChina, a trusted Chinese market Internet expert. Read more

May 18, 2011 by FindMyHost News · Comments Off on RegistryPro Appoints New CEO

Webmaster Toolbox – Chicago, Illinois — RegistryPro, the exclusive operator of the .PRO top level domain (TLD) for professionals, today announced that Karim Jiwani has become its new CEO. In this role, Jiwani will be responsible for all aspects of the registry’s operations including strategy, marketing and sales, registrar support, expansion and policy. Jiwani intends to increase the industry awareness for .PRO and expand its reach to encompass all professionals in every field.

In announcing the news, Lucas Roh, CEO of Hostway Corporation, the parent company of RegistryPro, said, “Our registry is poised to grow significantly in the coming years, as the awareness continues to grow for .PRO domains and our backend registry services for other TLD’s. We wanted someone that could expertly grow the registry and take it to the next level. Karim has proven experience in the domain industry and is well respected in the community. With his knowledge and passion, he is well equipped to take the company to the next level in providing registry services to registrars and other TLD’s.” Read more

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April 1, 2011 by FindMyHost News · Comments Off on Namecheap.com Donates to Save the Elephants in Response to GoDaddy Elephant Hunt

Web Hosting Blog – Los Angeles , CA – Namecheap.com, a leading domain registrar based in Los Angeles, has responded to a recent video showing the CEO of GoDaddy shooting at a parade of elephants in Zimbabwe, killing one. Namecheap has offered a domain transfer special offering all of those disturbed by these actions a cost-effective way to transfer their domains to Namecheap.com. Twenty percent of the revenue generated for each domain transfer is being donated to a charity organization, Save The Elephants.

In the past 24 hours, the social media space was up in arms when the discovery of the video surfaced, bringing GoDaddy to trending topics on Twitter. Said one representative of Namecheap. “All of us at Namecheap were very disturbed by this video. Elephants are an endangered species and hunting these for any reason is something we feel strongly against. Feedback from GoDaddy customers also showed they felt strongly about such practices so we have launched a special offer allowing them to move away from GoDaddy. Our domain transfer special allows you to transfer your com/net/org domains out of GoDaddy for $4.99 using coupon code BYEBYEGD and we will donate 20% from each transfer to Save the Elephants.”Read more

March 24, 2011 by FindMyHost News · Comments Off on eNom Announces New Portal to Promote and Educate on Uses of .ORG

Web Hosting Blog – BELLEVUE, WA – eNom, Inc., the world’s largest ICANN accredited domain name wholesale registrar, today announced the launch of a new portal, org.eNom.com, designed to drive awareness of the multiple uses for the .ORG top-level domain name (TLD). The new .ORG marketing portal features information to help companies and organizations learn how to best use the .ORG TLD in order to create programs around corporate and social responsibility.

“We believe that .ORG is a powerful and universal brand,” said Chris Sheridan, vice president of business development for eNom, a wholly owned subsidiary of Demand Media™. “Through our partnership with The Public Interest Registry (PIR), we have leveraged our content creation platform to develop a destination that can educate people on the benefits of the .ORG TLD.” Read more